Re: Wanted: info on GIS

khuisman_at_wnet.gov.edmonton.ab.ca (Ken Huisman) wrote:
>
> >>> : Just out of idle curiosity, is anyone out there working on a
> >>> : corporate-type GIS system where *all* the data ( spatial and
 aspatial
> >>> : ) is held in an industry-standard RDBMS ( e.g. Oracle ) and is
> >>> : accessed through a MS Windows front-end via *standard* database
> >>> : connectivity tools ( e.g. ODBC ) ????
> >>>
> >>> and got the following reply:
 

> >ESRI's ARC Info, ARC View etc maybe a good bet. A bit expensive I heard,
> >but classy.
expensive but nice...

> Let's see. GeoVision is a GIS package that uses Oracle to store all of its
> information. I have not seen this package myself. System 9 is another
> package like this, and I would say it has become the de-facto
> corporate standard where i work. Several departments use it.
> Apparently the current version uses a proprietary database, but can link its
> data into oracle. I have heard that they are working on making the next
> version use oracle as the native database. Intergraph solutions I have seen
> do not store *all* the information in the database, but store much of it in
> CAD type files. I have not seen every intergraph package but this is true for
> the ones i have seen.
Arc info and Many others will store most of their data in Oracle (or other) relational databases. Arc Info uses its own database for its other data (info). If you want some other information feel free to send me a note.

> Of course, each of these packages have their strengths and weaknesses.
yep, Once you try a few, you'll know what you want. ArcInfo is now the most popular despite its hefty price.

Darrell Cavens
Ingenia Communications Received on Sun Feb 26 1995 - 20:12:02 CET